It is time for these Middle Eastern countries to wake up and realize that if they want to be prosperous and successful, they need to learn from Europe, the U.S., and Japan on how to achieve these crucial goals rather than condemning and threatening both western and some of the Asian societies. However it will require these Middle Eastern countries to permanently expell all religion from their public policy. That in itself is going to be extremely difficult given how deeply ingrained all these religious fairy tales are in their political and cultural norms.